President Donald Trump ridiculed Roger Goodell for failing to enforce a rule for the players to stand during the national anthem and shot down a suggestion that players should stay in the locker room during the performance.

“The NFL is now thinking about a new idea – keeping teams in the Locker Room during the National Anthem next season,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “That’s almost as bad as kneeling!”

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The Washington Postreports that “several people familiar with the league’s inner workings” suggested that the NFL was considering a rule to keep players in the locker room.